Alfred Deakin: A Biography
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Few figures loom as large in the founding of modern Australia as Alfred Deakin — statesman, orator, journalist, and three-time Prime Minister — and J. A. La Nauze's magisterial two-volume biography stands as the definitive account of his extraordinary life. Spanning Deakin's formative years in colonial Victoria through his central role in the federation movement and his commanding presence in the early Commonwealth Parliament, this meticulously researched work chronicles the full arc of a man whose intellectual restlessness and political genius shaped a nation at its very birth. La Nauze, one of Australia's most distinguished historians, brings rigorous scholarship and elegant prose to bear on a subject of immense complexity, presenting Deakin not merely as a political operator but as a deeply spiritual and introspective figure whose private diaries and correspondence reveal a man perpetually wrestling with duty, faith, and ambition. The biography argues convincingly that Deakin's legacy extends far beyond policy — he embodied a vision of liberal nationalism that continues to resonate in Australian political culture. For readers drawn to the grand traditions of political biography, this landmark work raises a compelling question: how does a man of such profound inner contradiction become the architect of an entire nation's identity?
Author: J. A. La Nauze
Format: Hardback
Published: 1965, Melbourne University Press
Genre: Biography
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Few figures loom as large in the founding of modern Australia as Alfred Deakin — statesman, orator, journalist, and three-time Prime Minister — and J. A. La Nauze's magisterial two-volume biography stands as the definitive account of his extraordinary life. Spanning Deakin's formative years in colonial Victoria through his central role in the federation movement and his commanding presence in the early Commonwealth Parliament, this meticulously researched work chronicles the full arc of a man whose intellectual restlessness and political genius shaped a nation at its very birth. La Nauze, one of Australia's most distinguished historians, brings rigorous scholarship and elegant prose to bear on a subject of immense complexity, presenting Deakin not merely as a political operator but as a deeply spiritual and introspective figure whose private diaries and correspondence reveal a man perpetually wrestling with duty, faith, and ambition. The biography argues convincingly that Deakin's legacy extends far beyond policy — he embodied a vision of liberal nationalism that continues to resonate in Australian political culture. For readers drawn to the grand traditions of political biography, this landmark work raises a compelling question: how does a man of such profound inner contradiction become the architect of an entire nation's identity?